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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury will publish new regulations regarding Cuba on September 15, reported the U.S.-Cuba Economic and Trade Council, July 10 Continue reading →

The Cuban Parliament’s International Relations Commission issued a statement this July 11, as deputies meet to discuss the nation’s development in the lead up to the Ninth Period of Ordinary Sessions of the Eighth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power (ANPP)

(P L) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today defended his country”s right to grant political asylum to U.S. civil rights fighters, and made it clear that those people will not be returned to the United States.

‘In tune with the national legislation and international law, and Latin America’s tradition, Cuba has granted political asylum or refuge to civil rights fighters from the United States,’ Rodriguez noted at a press conference in this capital today.

The head of Cuban diplomacy stressed that none of those refugees will be handed over to U.S. authorities.

‘Certainly, those people will not be returned to the United States, which lacks legal, political and moral foundations to demand their return,’ he stressed.

Vienna, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba maintains its willingness to continue a respectful dialogue and cooperation in matters of common interest with the United States, and to negotiate pending bilateral issues, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez stressed here on Monday.

In a press conference in Austria, the Cuban minister reaffirmed that such dialogue must take place on the basis of equality, reciprocity and absolute respect for our sovereignty and independence.

‘As proved by the achievements made over the past two years, Cuba and the United States can cooperate and coexist in a civilized way, respecting the deep differences between their governments and promoting everything that benefits both nations and peoples,’ Rodriguez underlined.

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Exaggerating the dangers that exist today in Venezuela seems to be part of the strategy to root the image of insecurity in order to justify a foreign intervention that will allegedly save the country”s stability.

U.S. President Trump also greenlighted a group operation in Yemen in February that killed more than 30 civilians.

The young U.S. administration of Donald Trump has carried out at least 70 airstrikes in Yemen, more than twice as many as those carried out in 2016 under the Obama administration, according to data provided by the Pentagon.

A new report shows that the U.S. locks up more people than any other country at a rate more than five times higher than most other nations.

Some 2.3 million people are in prisons across the United States on any given day, according to a new report by Prison Policy Initiative released Tuesday, which also warned that the number of immigrants behind bars has increased sharply.